Foster Wheeler
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| Subsidiary of Amec Foster Wheeler | |
| Traded as | NASDAQ: FWLT |
| Industry | Engineering |
| Founded | 1927 |
| Headquarters |
registered office: Baar, Switzerland principal executive offices: Reading, UK |
Key people | Kent Masters, CEO |
Number of employees | 14000+ |
| Website | www.fwc.com |
Foster Wheeler AG (formerly Foster Wheeler Inc.) was a global engineering conglomerate with its principal executive offices in Reading, UK[1] and its registered office in Baar, Canton of Zug, Switzerland.[2] Foster Wheeler was added to the NASDAQ-100 on July 12, 2007. As of November 13, 2014 all Foster Wheeler operating units have become part of the new company Amec Foster Wheeler following a merger with AMEC plc.
History
The present company was formed in 1927 from a merger of the Power Specialty Company (which replaced American Water Works Supply Company, created by Pell and Ernest Foster in 1884) and the Wheeler Condenser & Engineering Company, which was created by Frederick Mariam Wheeler in 1891. It was originally based in New York City but later moved to Livingston, New Jersey and stayed there for nearly a quarter century before relocating to Clinton, New Jersey in 1987.[3]
Operations
The company is focused on the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) industry and the electrical power equipment industry. It comprises two business groups: a Global Engineering and Construction (E&C) Group and a Global Power Group.
Global E&C Group
The Global E&C Group designs, engineers and constructs leading-edge processing facilities and related infrastructure for the upstream oil and gas, LNG and gas-to-liquids, refining, chemicals & petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology & healthcare, environmental and power industries.
They own technology in delayed coking, solvent de-asphalting, and hydrogen production processes. They also provide international environmental remediation services with related technical, engineering, design and regulatory services.
Global Power Group
The Global Power Group builds, owns and operates cogeneration, independent power production, and waste-to-energy facilities as well as facilities for the process industries, providing electricity, steam, and feed stocks to industries and local grids.
See also
References
- ↑ Foster Wheeler in the UK
- ↑ "Contact Us:Corporate." Foster Wheeler. Retrieved on December 30, 2011. "Foster Wheeler AG Lindenstrasse 10 6340 Baar, (Canton of Zug), Switzerland" and "Principal Executive Offices Foster Wheeler AG 80 Rue de Lausanne 1202 Geneva, Switzerland "
- ↑ Foster Wheeler Funding Universe